Stresses at joints and cracks in highway and airport pavements

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 507-518

  Ramsamooj, D V ^a   Lin, G S ^a   Ramadan, J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACKS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DYNAMIC LOADS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

WHEEL LOADS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 0032128796     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(98)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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